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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-05-06
AN INFLUENCE FOR GOOD.

" f.H.r.. NOSAbts .a-
an aware that there have been many
discussion 3 whether or aot inc uo,nmers.
cisl traveller is more OF a good than an
evil. After what l have said you will not
doubt my opinion that he is a substantial
good. Merchants may oyerhuy them.
selyes now as formerly. This 'depends
mostly on the fitness OF the buyer to be q
merchant at all. And here / speak oil
character as an element ir selling goods
aehsracter Tor e4aet honepty and truth.
fulness. CHARACTER is an important CAPT.
tai for a commercial traveler---a character
for the avoidance Of all aiarepraaanta.
tions. In no business ought 1t 10 pay a
larger per cent. The perfectly equare
man l. the man We all want to patronizs,
and he is the man that in the long run
will win upon the road. BY the law OF
trade iteelf unfGirness OF every sort tende
to its own elimination in the shspe Of lost
confidence and Lost patronage. The high.
est type Of commercial travellers recognize
this, and therefore there ia a constant
tendency to a higher peruonnel in the or
ganisation. ID. ~
The future Of Ruch an organization as
yours is something OF boundless extent.
1t grows with the growth OF inland com.
merce, and Of this latter growth there is
literally no end. The foreign trade Of
the United States, exports and imports,
amounts every year to more than the
whole national debt. Our inland com.
merco is many times more than this. The
American people are the largest per capita
consumers Of merchandise in the world.
This is on account Of the unparalleled in.
crease in their purchasing ability. The
property valuation OF the country inc,eas.
ed 800 per cent In thirty years, from 1850
to 1850. It was estimated in the former
year at something over Deven billions OF
dollars. 1nJlSS0 1t was over forty.three
billions. Itis easily now fity.fys billions.
No wonder then that it requires for our
present sixsy millions Of people au army
$4,000 commercial "drummers,n as the
goes; or that your numbers should
have increased 400 per cent in the decade
between 1870 and 1880. ltlSTr,
What may at last grow out OF your or.
might be, il We bad time, a
curious and interesting conjecture, Life
Insurance grew out Of q commercial organ
in London early in tho eighteenth
century. And who can estimate its bone.
ita: It Beems to be the great hope OF the
majority Of men for providing for their
antilles. It ia one Of the great aids on /
Thich society must rely for checking the
'pirit Of agraliauiam that is abroad in the
world. a III
But your timeis important, gentlemen,
md I conclude these remarks as ! began
hem, by r%eassuring you Of the interest we
II teel in. the existence and purposes Of
our organization. That you cftis WestVir.
mia division Of the Trayelers' Protective
association may be able by your delibera.
!ons here to contribute to the welfare of
aie general organization and OF your
,lyes individually, ia I am sure the good
lab Of all who correctly appreciate the ,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-05-06
THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE BILL,

"During the year passed the Association
occurred 800 pounds Of baggage on the
Baltimore & Ohio road, aud upon pre-.
s%entation Of T.P. a. certificates, the same
privileges on the Pennsylvania system,
The Weekend ticket was granted on many
lines and vas used very extensively by
members to the mutual benefit OF them.
selves and the railroad companies. These,
however, are luxuries of the past, as the
Interstate Commerce bill, in it's wise
provision to prevent discrimination be-
tween the msn who spends his life on the
rails and the man who takes q trip once
in his life, have annihilated them"
This report was received and filed,
Chairman ice Gibbs, OF the Committee
on Railroads, reported that owing to tho
complications arising from the passage OF
the Interstate Commerce law, many priv.
leges formerly enjoyed by the Trayelera'
Protective Association have been taken
away by the railroad companies. Pre-
vious to the passage Of the law the princi.
pal roads in the State were selling mileage
tickets at the rate Of 9 cents per mile.
After ita passage the Baltimore & Ohio
road withdrew all such tickets, but has
again placed them on sale at the rate OF
q cents per mile. The Ohio River road
is still selling similar books at the rate Of
2 cents per mile and still allows 200 pounds
excess baggage to all members OF The
Travellers Protective Association, and
may do better in the future. The Balti.
more \ Ohio only allows $50 pounds extra
baggage, but Tor long distances the rate
per 100 pounds has been materially lessen.
ed; for instance, where, under the ar
rangement the excess rate per 100 pounds
was so cents, it is now so cents. We have
interviewed the president Of the Weston,
Clarksburg 4 Glepvills road and he has
promised to DO what he can towards Riy-
ing Travelers' Protective Association men
800 pounds excess baggage.
1.-THE committee mas this to say further,
that owing to the passsge OF the law men.
toned and the chaotic condition Of rail.
road affairs generally our report hos neces-
sarily been very limited, The National
Railroad Committee Is in the same fix,
and though We have applied to it for in.
formation we have been unable to get any
as yet. Great things are expected from
the deliberations Of the National Conven-
ton to be held at st. Louis, June 2l.24,
and all who can attend are urged to do SOL
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-05-06
GEO. NJ. SHOOK d CO.
DRESS GOODS!

Our third stock of Spring aud Summer Dress
Goods IL now open. We desire to call especial at
tention to these, which In connection with our other
COMPLETE lines, make this department the most At
DO found In tho city. Trimmings 10 match every.
thing, I7 ~.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-05-06

- H- lHf u" rA#H
Duringrecent e1tenaive travel in various
parts Of the United States | have every.
where been impressed with the wonderful
extent OF the guild known as Commercial
Travellers. | have journeyed with it's rep.
rescntatives on sea and land, along orr
coasts and on our nsvigsble rivers, on tbs
railroads and In almost every known me-
thod OF conveyance. Thore il no place in
~thiscountry where tho commercialtsaveler
is not lound. No matter how sparsely set.
tied the country, nor how many incou-
v%eniences OF transportation, he is the in
evitable individual you arc always sure to
meet. Wherever. men are settled and
wherever a post for trade has been estsb.
liehed, thacommercial traveller puts in hjs
appearance and opens out his samples,
In all that vast and almost unsettled coun.
try that stretches from the Eastern base
of the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific
ocean, where the Indian reservations ara
still undistuSbel, the representatives OF
commerce-the men who had their
prototypes in .the deserts .of Asia 1000
yenrs a2o-are to DO found. It be
said that side by side with the soldier and
pioneer they keep step on the skirmish
line Of our public domain.
In the nature Of thingu it mus. be that
a.body Of men 80 numerous and intelli.
gent, so active and aggressive, must e1ert
a very, decided influence. Their knoyl.
edge is OF the most practical character.
They are very familiar whit character
and resources Of the country over which
they travel. They care, it may be- ea;d.
hsndbooks OF useful Information to the
general traveller who falls in with them on
his journeys. ~
1t is not strange that = body OF menlike
this, who have multiplied 80 rapidly in the
last few years, should geek out and set in
order all the known methods OF sdyauc-
ing and protecting their interests, The
instincts OF commerce have always. been
in this direction. Once 1t wa necessary
for It's representatives to travel in armed
bodies. Their track lay through deserts
and along the unsettled shores through
nomadic tribes Of hostiles. To first intim-
idate and then conciliate barbarian was
one Of their first Necessities, and in form.
alating policies Of trade they laid the
'oundations for that system Of interna. !
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-05-06

The annual election Of officers was then
proceeded With, and the following named
gentlemen chosen in each case the choice
was unanimously :,
frceident-U NJ. Ehravohrry ~ p,.l
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-01-22
A Memory of Cash natc.fo,a.
Foreign Cor. Boston Transcript.


AZ the concert in the hotel par1or.s
young lady, who had sung, re-
quested the English gentleman who had
accompanied her to play something.
Strangely enough, he began Chopin's
Funeral March" A F%renchman
shrugged his shoulders, and, with the
remark, "Ihs Enslishnlan would bury
us with his music; I'll go outside till
he is through" Lett the room. The
Frenchman out oil all that company,
alone was saved. In the dining-room
below. twenty-six sat at table; one only
was rescued alive. In that debris, the
Strings Of the Plano, still strung,
we're prominent, and beside them a
dainty slipper. Our guide swept his
hand across the strings. Il may have
been fancy, but 50 h~eartrending and SO
human sounded the cry that we fed
silently and fearfully away, and hushed
and h~eartbroken took our seats on the
steamer to await there, rather than on
the land, the hour for setting ont for
Naples. Nesuvius Looked cruel that
evening, yet it is not a burning noun
tain one need fear. It is the slumber.
ing volcano. Vesuvius had not seni
forth flame or smoke for centuries until
that day. when, like an explosion, it
belched forth the accumulated ashes
which destroyed Pompeii.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-01-22

Goe, when being examined in his under
graduate days. For our first name' said
the examiner, you deserve to be ploughed
foryour second to be placked, and for
Your surname to be sent down. And now,
sir, you may Goe."
Arabella: Here lie is, just where he's
been for six weeks; why doesn't he speak
out: I'm sure encourage him enough"
George: "Here she is, as usual wearing a
costume which cost more than | can make
in six weeks. How Can | ask her to marry
me as it would be impossible for me to
support her in the e%xtravagant style in
which she lives.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-01-22
A Sz,:eyvI Move,
T~Philadeiphia CALI

Minks-Yes, my boy, I am going &c
Salt Lake City to live.
Finks-But you don't expect to be-
come Mormon. do you?
Enthusiastically not; but don't tell
Mrs. Minks [ said SO. You see, [ have
s special object in settling where a man
can have as many wives as he wants,
though OF course, I will never have but
one.
Finks-A special object?
Minks-1es; I never can get Mrs.
Mirks to keep my buttons seved on,
but I think there will be no more
trouble about that when we settle in
Salt Lake City.
Finks-Why not?
Minks-When the buttons are of ]
will just gently hint to Mrs. Mink thas
she needs more help. and they viii 60
on in q lily.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-01-22
vARITIEs.

Good brokers.
Slight of Misunderstanding an offer of
marriage.
"Here I've been talking for half an
hour!' exclaimed an a%uctioneer, land I
havn't got an offer" sHalf an hour in
deed!' murmured IN elderly Maiden;
whats half an hour to many long, long
years, and still no hopes of an offer?"
"7our son is clever young man." said
a University tutuor to an enquiring father;
ssindeed he is a very clever young man,
but" and here came an ominous shake
of the head-"he is by no means the clever
young man he thinks himself"
Corporal to soldier: "Why is the blade
of the sabre curved instead of straight?'
Soldier: st is curved in order to give
more force to the blow" Corporal: "Non-
sense! The sabre is curved so that it will
fit the %seabbard, blockhead?"
A story is told Of the Bishop Designate
of Melbourne, the Rev. Field Flowers
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-01-22

A story is told Of the Bishop Designate
of Melbourne, the Rev. Field Flowers
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-01-22

she needs more help, and they viii go
on in q lily.
A Coos Short Storm
detroit Free Press1
Il Is impossible to give a receipt fos
he manufacture Of a good story. Tho
chief ingredients are handsome girls and
young men of various grades Of intelli-
gence. As i'll the making of a cake, the
way you mix them up has q good deal
to do with the success Of the story.
About the best thing the writer can Dis
is to study the stories that have been
successful. The best short story
that was eve written in Amaica.
or anywhere else, is probably T. l..
Aldrich's "Margery Daw." A splendid
story OF an altogether different stamp
IS "a Man without a Country" by E.
E. Hale. Frank Stockton is very good
at a short story. 1.-THE Lady and ths
Tiger" is an example of what he car dr.
in that line. Mrs. Margaret Eytinr
writes about as:brisk and breezy a short
story as an lady writer anywhere
Charles Reade was good at short stories,
and so is Wilkie Collins. Some of James
Payn's short stories are models.
1t is a very good thing for the persog
who sets out to tell a story to have a
story to tell.
Every newspaper and magazine is just
learning for some sprightly young
writer who can tell a good story. AS
said before, give some thought to The
matter-don't dash it off. Place YOU
incidents in the best possible manner,
and don't let the interest drag if you
can help it. Don't use too much
time describing gorgeous sunsets
nor beautiful scenery; get down to
your work, and when you get through
stop. It is useless to try the effect Of
the story on your acquaintance. Those
who like you will consider the story the
best ever written; those who don't vii.
tell their friends what nonsense it is, but
ali will tell you that it is frst-rate,
There is too little brutal candor in this
world. Finally, mg brothers. if You write
really good story anu it is rejected, the
Is the papers, not Jours, fo1 some
other sheet viii sEap it up Quickly
enough.
learning Nis0OHn.
Detroit Free PresM
A Peasant who had Seven Daughters
wearing out sole leather for MIN went
to the Cave Of a Wise Old Iuffer, and
bescught his Advice as to how to bring
them up.
Marry them off as soon as Possible,
and you can then Break up Housekeep.
nag and go Boarding among them"
After . few Months the Father Re-
TO the Cave and his phiz had
such Lonesome Expression that The
Wise Man cried out:
@Ah, you must follow my Advice to
learn Wisdoml
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-01-22

Slight of hand.-Refusing an offer of
marriage.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-01-22

Good Observation-Disclosures
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-28
SIEVE RAJ SETTOS.
MIC Donald and Faheys la Blanche
and Pafsey Meiien. and Other
BuGiIisfS TO Meet In ST. Raul.

Mcdonald and Fahey. la Blanche
and Patsey geiIen. and Other
Pugilisfs to Meet Tn ST. Paul.
John NJ. McKeon, for many years treasurer
of the John L. Sullivan combination in the
great puglist's tours about the country, TO-
gether with George La Blanche the MA
rine,'' and Duncan C. Mcdonald, champion OF
the Northwest territories, of the lately dis
banded Sullivan combination, were in St.
Paul yesterday and completed arrangements
for an exhibition of the manly art between
several wel-known local pugilists, to occur
at Exposition hall on Monday evening, Feb.
7, the principal feature being a ten-round
glove fight between Duncan Mcdonald and
Mart Fahey, of Minneapolis. Mr.. McKeon,
who is the mover of the enterprise, an
nounces that it will be fight on its merits for
the gate receipts, and that TO tn men are
anxious to settle the question of superiority.
Mcdonald is the man who recently
fought Pete Mccoy to a draw at Butte
City, the fight lasting for two hours and Il
half. Fahey will fl ht at $50 pounds and Nc
Donald at no. La Blanche, tine marine, -
viii spar with Patsy Mellen; Prof. Clark VIII
meet Jerry Murphy; Billy Wilson and Nc
Henry Johnson will each meet unknowns:
Black Frank and Prof. Hadey will spar; the
Black Pearl and Jerry O. Brien, and Tom Man
ming apd Jack Keefe will also appear in glove
contests.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-28
Railway Legislation.

Special to the Globe
WASHINGTON, Jan. Ex-senator Jones
chairman of the sub-committe of the senate
committee on railroads, has been in consul
tation with Gen. williamson, of the Grow
agency, OF Montana. for some days and will
prepare a substitute for Senator SAWYER
bill giving the Billings, Clark Forks & Cook
City Railroad company the right of wa
through the Crow Indian reservation. The
substitute puts the width of the right of way
from 200 to $50 feet. No change Is made in
the route asked for in the Sawyer bill. The
Sawyer bill provides for the payment of $50
per mile to the Indians or others injured nv
the grant of the right of way, and the pay-
ment of SIS per mile annually for the benefit
of the Indians. The new bill does
away with these features and intro
duces the provision that compen satiou
be made to individual members of the
tribe for damages sustained by, the building
of the road. No right of any kind vests in the
railway company TO any part of the definite
location OF the road, and including the points
Tor station buildings. machine shops side
tracks, turntables and water stations shall be
approved by the secretary of the interior and
be open Tor the inspection of any party inter
ested until compensation for damages has
been filed and paid. Senator Mcmillan intro
duced bill giving the Saltwater & Cooke
City Railway company the right of way
through the Crow reservation. The route
begins at saltwater and runs south by WAY
of the Saltwater river to the point where the
river crosses the southern boundary line Of
the reservation. This bill is Identical with
the SAWYER bill for the Billings. CIarke's
Fork q Cooke City company, 1
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-28
STATE INSTITUTIONS.
a appropriations Discussed Briefly
by the state BOnrd of COrrec-
aiOns and Charities.

Il appropriations DsscuSSeQ briefly
by the state BOnrd of COrrec-
aiOns and Charities.
The state board of corrections and chari-
ties met in Secretary Harris Office yesterday
forenoon. 1t was the fifteenth quarterly
meeting, the first since the inauguration of
GOV. McGill, who is president of the board,
ex-officio. Beside the governor, there were
present Rev. DR.. Dana, st. Paul; Gen. c. H.
Berry, Winona Hon. H. r. Wells, Preston,
and DR.. G. Vivian, Alexandria Gov. Nc
Gill, in calling the meeting to order, ex-
pressed his satisfaction at the work of the
board, and predicted even greater usefulness
in the future, Sec retary Hart submitted his
report. After a review of the several visits
10 the various state institutions under the
control of the board, the report contained
fabulated statement of the expenses of
the institutions and the number of
inmates, etc. At the beginning of the
year the population was as follows: Inmates,
2,0S9; admitted, 265; total 2,55l discharged
and died, POS; remaining at the close of the
quarter, 2,34S. Of this number 234 were re-
admitted. which left the number of new in
mates 221. The financial statement shows
that the institutions had left over from last
years appropriation for current eXpen ses for
1867, $54, 1888. Is The appropriation for
1867 was S451, 1850. and this, with the balance
from last year, made a total amount of $685.
548.S1. During the quarter $50, ESQ. Il was
drawn, leaving a balance of S4l9,26S I'M
drawn. The special appropriations for build
ings for the past year amounted to $751;
ST. ,TS1.S0. Plans for a new Jail at Fergus
Falls were approved by the board. The
advice of the board was asked concerning a
4 all for Pope county.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-28
0BET KE n.
Funeral of the Late Henry ". Cur
tis.-Sketch of His Life.

uneTdS VI the hate 1renEy w. CuF@
tis--Sketch of His Life.
The funeral of the late Henry Y. Curtis
took place yesterday at 2 o'clock from his
late residence, sol Jackson street. Mr..
Curtis was born at Groveland, N. Y. Aug.
o. 1851, graduated at Lima in 1872, after
which he removed to Goshen, Ind, where
he read and practiced law with Hon. John
II. Baker and Judge j. S. Mitchell for
nearly eight years. His ability as an Or
tor soon brought him into political promi-
nence, and he was induced to stump the
state for Garfield. Exposure and Over-ex-
ertion brought on lung troubles, which have
brought him to an umtimely grave and cut
short life of rare promise and usefulness.
Compelled to give I'D his chosen profession,
and, in quest of health. he removed to De-
troit as state agent for the Massachusetts
Mutual Life. The same cause brought him
to st. Paul in 1882, when he assumed the
state agency of the Mutual Life. Of WorceS-
ter, which position he filled with credit I'M
til his death. Uniting as he did, pleasing
address, a well-stored mind and fine CONVEX
sational powers, he made warm and admir-
ing friends of all with whom he came in
contact. A large circle of acquaintance in
st. Paul and Minneapolis sincerely mourn
his demise, and will always hold in remem-
brance the loving qualities of mind and
heart which so endeared him to all.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-28
SOURCE OF THE mlssIsssPP1.
The state Historical Society Sits

The state Historical Society Sits
Down on Capt. Glaciers Claim.
Members of the State Historical society
have signed a document wherein they sit
pretty squarely down on w lizard Glazier's
claim to the discovery of the sources of the
Mississippi river. The document reads as
follows:
The undersigned. old residents of the state.
and protesting TO be familiar with its history
and geography, have noticed with some sur
prise that one Capt. Willard GlaZier' has
been attempting for some time to gain noto-
riely through means of an alleged discovery
connected with the head-waterS OF the Mis-
sissippf river, by asserting that, in 1881,
he explored small lake adjoining Lake
1tasca, and which lake he asserts is the real
source of the Mississippi river and not Lake
HAS ca. as has always been admitted. The
person named is now, and has for some time
heen, making great efforts to have the lake
called by his name, and so recorded on the
maps of the state. The undersigned citizens
therefore. desire to take this means of in
forming the people of this state that the
claim made by GlaZier is unfounded in fact
That he did not ''discover'' anything, the
lake in question having been surveyed, me-
andered and plated by the United States
surveyors six years previous to Glazer's
visit. And, moreover, it is not the source of
the Mississippi river. report on this sub
lect, proving the falsity of Glaciers claims,
is in preparation by members of the Mime
ota Historical society, and will soon be
published.
H. H. Sibley, president Minnesota Histori-
cal society; Alexander Ramsey, vice presi-
dent Minnesota Historical society; r. Blake
ley, vice president Minnesota Historical soci-
ETY.; J. Fletcher Williams, secretary Mime
sofa Historical society.
Members-C. G. Andrews, j. H. Baker, w.
r. Marshall, +. r. Delano E. S. Goodrich,
Rev. e. d. Neill, J. B. Sanboru, Joseph s..
Sewall, r. o. Sweeny, j. B. CLANCY, w. P.
Clough, N. H. Winchell.
Martin S. Chandler, United States surveyor
States surveyor general; Maj. Charles j.
Allen, United States army, engineers depart
ment; III. H. Young, emigration commits
sioner; Richard Ref, civil engineer; Alfred
j. Hill, geographer; David Day, postmaster.
dbald Johnson, civil engineer; c. w. Cullen,
civil engineer,